For tens of thousands of years, Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits munched on olive-drab sagebrush, dug burrows in the deep volcanic soil and did what rabbits do best. But in recent decades, the animals ... Idaho Statesman: These tiny rabbits in the Northwest near extinction.

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Can a relative in Idaho help? A dwindling population of rabbits, isolated in Washington since the ice age, may need help from Idaho relatives to survive. With no nearby relatives for recolonization, scientists are considering ... These tiny rabbits in the Northwest near extinction.

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Can a relative in Idaho help? KUOW: Biologists vaccinate Washington’s endangered pygmy rabbits to protect them from ‘bunny ebola’ Under bright moonlight, with the help of a spotlight-like flashlight, Paula Clements scanned the hip-high sagebrush for a reflective orange flag, which marked the site of a pygmy rabbit burrow. “See ... Biologists vaccinate Washington’s endangered pygmy rabbits to protect them from ‘bunny ebola’